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Clearwood

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Clearwood

Clean, creamy patchouli-woody tone, ambery and dark but without earthy grit.

What it is
A molecule made by fermentation.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Sustainable patchouli building block that complements or modernises patchouli oil.
Worth knowing
Launched in 2014 with partner Amyris, it was perfumery's first ingredient made at industrial scale by fermentation.
Also called
Biotech patchouli (patchoulol-rich)

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